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‘Dancing’ raisins − a simple kitchen experiment reveals how objects can extract energy from their environment and come to life

  • Written by Saverio Eric Spagnolie, Professor of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
imageSurface bubble growth can lift objects upward against gravity.Saverio Spagnolie

Scientific discovery doesn’t always require a high-tech laboratory or a hefty budget. Many people have a first-rate lab right in their own homes – their kitchen.

The kitchen offers plenty of opportunities to view and explore what physicists call soft matter...

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